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以西結書 15

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1 耶和華的臨到我說:

2 人子啊,葡萄比別樣有甚麼強處?葡萄枝比眾枝有甚麼好處?

3 其上可以取料做甚麼工用,可以取來做釘子甚麼器皿麼?

4 看哪,已經拋在中當作柴燒,既燒了兩頭,中間也被燒了,還有益於工用麼?

5 完全的時候尚且不合乎甚麼工用,何況被燒壞,還能合乎甚麼工用麼?

6 所以,耶和華如此:眾以內的葡萄,我怎樣使他在中當柴,也必照樣待耶路撒冷居民

7 我必向他們變臉;他們雖從中出來,卻要燒滅他們。我向他們變臉的時候,你們就知道我是耶和華

8 我必使土荒涼,因為他們行事干犯我。這是耶和華的。

   

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Hearken

  

'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. 'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection.

See Obedience.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 3684)


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Stone

  

Stones in the Bible in general represent truths, or things we know concerning the Lord and what He wants from us and for us in life. This is why the people of Israel built altars of stone, and is also why stoning was a principal form of capital punishment (using truth to destroy falsity, or in the negative sense using falsity to destroy truth). It is also why precious stones are described in such detail on Aaron's breastplate and ephod, and also in the New Jerusalem in Revelation; precious stones represent true ideas directly from the Lord with the various colors showing various forms of love. Stones are not alone in representing truth, of course -- it sometimes seems that almost everything in the Bible represents either true ideas or desires for good. But that makes sense, since our thoughts and our desires together are everything we are in life, and the interplay between them is what life is all about. The many ways they are represented in the Bible reflect the incredible variety in our feelings and thoughts, though we can only distantly understand how those representations work. In the case of stones, in their weight, strength and permanence they tend to represent true ideas that come from a desire for good, the understanding we can have if we are truly good and loving -- and in the highest sense the exalted ideas that come from the Lord's love. Those ideas are ones that are not easily moved or changed, and make wonderful foundations for the things we want to build in our spiritual lives.